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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
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[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[σπινθήρ]], ὁ. | [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[σπινθήρ]], ὁ. | ||
[[rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles | [[rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 296). | ||
[[tinder wood for striking a spark]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τὰ πυρεῖα]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles | [[tinder wood for striking a spark]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τὰ πυρεῖα]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 36). | ||
Met., [[a spark of]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] τι (enclitic), with gen. | Met., [[a spark of]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] τι (enclitic), with gen. | ||
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rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Sophocles, Philoctetes 296).
tinder wood for striking a spark: P. and V. τὰ πυρεῖα (Plato, Republic 435A; Sophocles, Philoctetes 36).
Met., a spark of: use P. and V. τι (enclitic), with gen.
a gay spark: P. and V. νεανίας, ὁ.
